Earl Blackburn's little workbook Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You is worthy of every church member reading and working through. I could see great benefit to small groups studying this material together, as well as incorporating some of it into a membership class.

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Last post, we heard good reasons someone might leave a local church. These were taken from Earl Blackburn's book Jesus Loves the Church and So Should You.

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While it might seem odd for a Pastor to write a blog titled "Leaving a Church Well," I for one think the subject has been ignored long enough! Sadly, I have seen too many members (now former members) of the church I pastor leave poorly. Even those who have said they were trying to leave the right way seemed to have butchered it somehow. It's saddening and sometimes maddening.

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